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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2007
Applicant:
Kazumasa Tonami, Nara, JP;
Inventor:
Kazumasa Tonami, Nara, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A sheet feeder includes: a feeding roller for feeding a sheet; a press member for pressing the sheet against the feeding roller; and a double feed detector for detecting double feed of the sheets when the sheets are fed in superimposition; wherein the feeding roller and the press member are opposed each other at a sheet holding portion for holding the sheet to be fed therebetween, and the double feed detector is placed to be able to detect double feed of the sheets in a region being adjacent to the sheet holding portion, an amplitude of the sheet being suppressed in the region.